Thunderstorm Wind in Randolph County, Illinois
Thunderstorm Wind April 2, 2024 · Randolph County, Illinois
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
The Randolph County emergency manager reported snapped power poles and downed power lines east of Chester.
The wider storm
Through the day of April 1, a warm front lifted north and left much of the area in a warm, moist, and increasingly unstable airmass. This instability combined with strong vertical wind shear to support multiple waves of severe thunderstorms that tracked along and south of I-70 from the evening of April 1 through the early morning of April 2. Into the evening and overnight, a transition to clusters and lines of thunderstorms occurred accompanied by hail up to quarter size (1 diameter), damaging winds, and flash flooding in southwest Illinois.
Began near Menard (37.9200, -89.8100).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1172354. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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